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'Like bidding for the Olympics': Australia bets big on business events

The trip began with a private charter flight from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island on Friday. Then a group dinner was held in an old shearing-shed with live music, followed on Saturday by a visit to a sea lion colony, a wild kangaroo sanctuary and a bit of quad-biking.

By the time the 20 lucky event bookers from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia hit the Dreamtime 2015 Conference starting on Monday in Adelaide, they'll have spent time at an Adelaide Hills winery and fig farm and been pampered by skin care brand Jurlique.

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